A popular demand post...for Guy, Andy, Rob, and everyone else who wanted to hear it again. Here's Jarvis explaining why, physiologically, Led Zeppelin's John Bonham sounds so sweet on the drums. It's taken from Greg Milner's book 'Perfecting Sound Forever: The Story of Recorded Music'

Self-pimpage time. My mother always said I'd grow up to be a pimp. All the shows I've done since I've been away. Which isn't too many, as I had a bit of a break for the Summer hols. Some woman named Jo Youle who works with BBC 6 Music said she wants to do something with me... Not sure if I can get it together enough to do that, but it's a pretty nice compliment all the same.

Cheers Sepp. Added a few of them to my Internet Radio stations, so will listen at my leisure. Interesting about the 6 music thing. Good luck with that, and as for getting it together enough for it, what have you got to lose by trying? Go for it.

Hermanator X wrote:Interesting about the 6 music thing. Good luck with that, and as for getting it together enough for it, what have you got to lose by trying? Go for it.

Yeah matey, get it on! You're light years better than their usual overpayed, coke snorting excuses for DJ's... Stick it to/in them/her, gorilla broadcast to the nation! About time 6 music played something a bit more diverse than Radio Ones playlist of 20 years ago...

Go for it, Sepp. 6music is definitely the right place for your kind of show.

On a slightly related note (as it's also self-pimpage tiem from me), Podcast 203: Versus Pacino & De Niro is finally up...Craig and Martin take on the old question of who is better and why. They compare recent roles and find mixed results, wonder what Ted Levine was doing in Heat to begin with, try to think of actors that come close to the level of Pacino and De Niro & much, much more.

"If you ever felt like life's chewed you up and spat you out, well the blues are for you. The blues aren't just about one man moaning over his sparse guitar picking. They also embrace folk, gospel, jazz and various other styles, and they can be just as much about celebration as disconsolation, which this show amply demonstrates."

"Very zany show on the wonderfully catchy genre of Synth-Pop which emerged in the early '80s when synthesizers started to replace guitars as pop music's optimum instrument. Featuring dozens of lost quirky pop bands that probably had number one hits in an alternate dimension but were unfairly ignored in this one. Enjoy!"

"Two essential stages in the development of pop music. The men of doo-wop may have laid the groundwork but the teen popettes of the wave of girl groups who followed in their wake really made pop melodrama a fine art (even if most of those songs were written by balding, middle-aged men). Featuring dozens of obscurities all abrim with that breezy '60s feelin'."

"Exciting new surveys have proven that the best cure for depression is listening to the sublime music produced in Africa over the years. This hour-long show covers some of the gloriously danceable national products of countries like Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Mali, Tobo and many more. Dig it!"

"Rock music has always straddled the line between order and chaos. This 60-minute show on Noise Rock covers some of those bands that skewed more towards the chaotic side of things, whilst still somehow managing to remain fairly melodic."

"Progressive Rock sometimes gets a bad rap. People remember the triple-layered keyboards, the 30-piece drum-kits and the extreme noodling but often forget just how catchy and...yes, progressive it could be when at its best. Hopefully this show will jog your memory. Prog on!"

"So you've heard Within You Without You by The Beatles, but have you ever tried to listen to the Hindustani Classical Music which inspired it? Well, now you can. Some of the musicians featured in this 60-minute show would spend their every waking hour for years on end trying to master their instruments. And as this show demonstrates, all their hard work and extreme concentration more than paid off. Enjoy- and don't let your exposure to Indian Classical Music and Ragas end here!"

"An hour's worth of invigorating Jangle Pop music from Indie's early days, with a couple of sweet '60s tunes thrown in for good measure. Loaded with informative commentary on everything played. Enjoy!"

"A one hour musical trip inside a mental patient's brain. Only recommended for the very sound of mind, for it is very probable that you will find yourself becoming completely mentally unhinged before the hour's over thanks to the wild and unpredictable music contained within. Are you feeling lucky...?"

"Charting Italy's always over the top and always enjoyable music scene. Expect to hear some gorgeous psychedelic folk, some crazy operatic prog, a lot of catchy post-punk and several excellent pieces from scores by masters like Ennio Morricone and Nino Rota. Grazie!"

"A bleak and unremitting exploration of the Industrial music scene that emerged in the early '80s, when hundreds of headstrong anarchists broke all the rules and helped change music for good in the process. Though the music contained within may be challenging, it's also incredibly ahead of its time and well worth delving into by all you adventurous experimentalists out there..."

"An antidote to those harbouring the delusion that all Hip-Hop is obsessed with gold medallions and cookie-cutter beats. This explores Hip-Hop's weirder side, where the rules get thrown out of the window and almost anything goes."

"If the word "classical" makes you think of something old and musty, this show should change your mind. Modern Classical encompasses everything from early electronic experiments, film scores, angelic/hellish choirs, gorgeous '70s progressive works and everything else in between. Enjoy the show!"

It's Friday (Friday, gotta get down on Friday) & that means another podcast...

The Shtruggle With SchucshessCraig and I struggle to cope with the ridiculous amounts of internet fame that has been thrust upon us while we discuss Kevin Smith's Smodcast network & radio station, more quotes attributed to Sean Connery, videogames like Call Of Duty and the crossover between games and movies.Download MP3

By now I'm sure most of you have seen that video from Emerald City Con with voice actors like Billy West, Maurice LaMarche, Rob Paulsen, etc., reading the script of Star Wars as various characters from their careers along with some impersonations.* Well if you enjoyed that as much as I did and would like to hear more of that sort of thing then I heartily recommend giving a listen to the Talkin' Toons podcast that Rob Paulsen has started. He's interviewed folks like Jim Cummings, Mark Hamill, Kevin Michael Richardson, and so on. You'll hear backstories from Ninja Turtles, Pinky and The Brain, Animaniacs, Batman TAS, and loads of other cartoons from the 80's to the present. Every episode I've heard so far has been hilarious and it seems like they've got the greatest job imaginable.